Santa Clara University Scholar Commons Canterbury Scholars Student Scholarship 5-15-2019 "Are You There, Dog? It's Me, Riley": Poems Riley Christine O'Connell Santa Clara University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarcommons.scu.edu/canterbury Part of the Business and Corporate Communications Commons, Classical Literature and Philology Commons, English Language and Literature Commons, Fiction Commons, Nonfiction Commons, and the Poetry Commons Recommended Citation O'Connell, Riley Christine, ""Are You There, Dog? It's Me, Riley": Poems" (2019). Canterbury Scholars. 9. https://scholarcommons.scu.edu/canterbury/9 This Poem is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Scholarship at Scholar Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Canterbury Scholars by an authorized administrator of Scholar Commons. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Are You There, Dog? It’s Me, Riley Riley O’Connell Copyright 2019 by Riley O’Connell First Edition All rights reserved Santa Clara University 2018-2019 Canterbury Fellowship C O N T E N T S Nor is the Water Broken 2 My Father’s Son 3 A place to retire 4 Julie 5 Puppy Love 7 At a Distance 9 The Way You Remember 12 Terminal 13 How We Remain 14 Drinking overpriced coffee with you in San Jose, Calif. 15 Intimacy 16 Fish 17 Are You There, Dog? It’s Me, Riley 18 On being told of my father’s cancer two days before Christmas over crab cakes at the White Chocolate Grill 20 Enamor 21 When we talk about the future, we talk about 22 Confection 23 Pumpkin Crunchers™ 25 Keeping Quiet 26 What a Woman Wants 27 In the Genesis of July 28 Blues all the Way to Midnight 30 The earwigs on my bedroom door don’t care for my housemates 31 Everywhere I go, 32 Tying the Knot 33 Grief (n.) 34 Love overwhelms us Or death takes One more Of those We cherish most.